Bessie and I drove toward the college with Doc and Dom hiding in the back. We drove with the walkie on; we were betting that the Rambo guy didn't know that the guys were with us. The guys wanted revenge, it was decided that Tank and Vector stay behind to watch Six and Rook.
"I can see you…" the walkie went off.
Bessie picked up the walkie "where are you?"
"Oh don't worry about that I know where you are I'll come to you."
"So you want us to wait in the truck?"
"Exactly….."
"What if there are cannibal things around here?"
"Don't worry about that."
Bessie and I exchanged glances "How the hell are we going to just wait here! This place is creepy enough" I said to Bessie.
"We gotta do what we gotta do to get Morgan back" Bessie said.
"Agreed" was heard from the back seat. We sat there just watching the clock tick by a minute seemed like an eternity and we sat there, plan A was slowing going down the drain as we just sat there. Waiting, waiting, waiting…
I was getting bored and when I got bored I got sleepy, Bessie on the other hand wouldn't stop fidgeting with every little thing. I wasn't too sure how long the guys could lay in the back not moving but if it were me I would've been moving nonstop. "Damn it dude I can't freaking sit here any longer or I'm going to pass out."
"Are you serious?"
"Yes it happens when I get bored I don't know why but shit I need something to keep me occupied."
"Well uh… I got it lets play a game like uh maybe 21 questions or shit I don't know?"
"Well were screwed I've never played 21 questions, but what about math? Like what's the square root of nine or something like that?"
"Sure tell me what nine times nine is then subtract thirty one."
"It's fifty" I said. We played for a bit until we heard gunshots coming from the dorms, we were in the football field parking lot. Bessie and I were immediately looking around.
"Just stay calm, try to keep a level head" Doc said.
"Yea right" is what Bessie and I said.
"Change of plans girls meet me by the west wing dorms, there seems to be some stinkers getting close to you and I would move if I were you, that truck can't run them all over."
Bessie and I looked at the walkie in amazement." How the hell does he have it covered but now doesn't have control? What the hell kind of mercenary is he?" Bessie was rambling. Doc answered her "he is doing it because what good are girls if they are willing to fight back, if you guys are freaked out then he can be the hero."
"This guy is seriously disturbed I mean what a douche!" Bessie was agreeing with me. "Well we better get going before whatever crowd gets here and were oh shit…."
Bessie turned to look out her window and saw it. A whole crowd of cannibals were walking, jogging; toward us the noise of the engine was attracting them to us. "Let's get the hell out of here!" Bessie screamed at me.
Throwing the truck into reverse I peeled away from our spot and headed toward our dorm rooms, I was guessing that's where he was holding Morgan, but it was weird, could he know that's where we stayed? I pulled up right in front of the dorms, I saw my truck in the parking lot, and there were more corpses lying around, the air was toxic, I seriously wanted to gag. We couldn't see the cannibals, but we could hear them; that clicking noise of their bones, the shuffling and their hungry cries. All of our planning had gone out the window by now so I decided to wing it; I counted the windows of the dorms and found my room. I backed up so that we were right under it. Bessie and I left the truck keys still in the ignition. We were strapped with weapons but took our time cautiously making our way to the stair well door.
"That's right just come a few steps closer…" the walkie said. " Now I'm on the first floor in the dorm supervisor's room, I'm pretty sure you know where that is?"
"Yes" was all Bessie said clicking the safety off of her pistol. She motioned for me to go first, but being the chicken I am I fought her about it. After a round of rock, paper, scissors I was gaining my courage to open the door gun drawn. I expected to see cannibals coming out, but there were none. The dorms were dimly lit. It had a tidy clean to the place like it hadn't been touched. We rounded the corner and I had to catch Bessie from screaming and drag her back around the Corner. There was about twenty or so cannibals on the other side just shambling around, luckily they didn't see us. I motioned for her to be quiet and took another look. There was no way we were going to make it through the first floor, but the super's dorm was on the other side. Bessie and I went back to the stairwell and decided to go to the second floor to see if we could use the elevators to distract the cannibals. The second floor didn't contain as much cannibals and we made quick work of them. The elevators looked ok, but we needed something to distract them. Bessie and I were fighting about what would be good, so we decided on a radio that we found; threw it inside and high tailed it to the first floor again. We were trying to catch our breath as we looked around the corner. The radio had only caught the attention of a few cannibals and we were back to square one. "Dude I know this sounds messed up but what about bait?" I asked Bessie.
"Well where are we going to find bait? It's not like there's a freaking store around here or bodies lying… ohhhh…" Bessie said.
"Duh! We could see if we could find a body someplace up stairs cut it up with the machete and send it down the elevator." Bessie nodded and we made our way back to the stairwell. The second floor seemed plausible, but from the experience I noticed that the cannibals liked fresh meat, they ignored the decaying bodies. We opened the stairwell door trying to not make a sound. The shoes I gave Bessie were squeaking on the tile while my boots sounded heavy. We could hear the shuffling and moans, but one thing we didn't expect was tapping. The tapping would stop then start, I couldn't think of it being a cannibal. As we got closer to the corner the tapping became louder. We checked the corner and saw bodies lined the hallway all were decomposing. I guess Bessie and I were getting use to the smell because it wasn't as bad as the first time it hit us. "It looks like they were all shot Bess".
"But who would?"
I was shaking my head "I don't know but let's find that tapping".
We pressed on until we came to a dorm room. Entering the room we found a girl probably the same age as us, but it was hard to tell she was so malnourished you could see her ribs. She was tied down to a bed her legs spread apart, it looked like Rambo had been keeping her here, her mouth wasn't covered, her lips were moving but nothing we could hear. We walked up to her and tried to untie her but she was trying to move away from us, shaking her head." We're going to try and help you, please we need to get you untied, just try and trust us." Bessie untied her legs while I untied her arms. We didn't bring any water or food with us, the poor thing was shaking. "Pl…pl…please… h...help me" she said before she died in my arms. We shed tears; this guy was an animal and needed to be killed. But Bessie and I knew we were no better because we had the same thought, we needed to cut up this girl's body and use it for our own agenda, I felt like scum. Bessie got out her machete, Doc and Dom came up to us just in time to save the day. "Don't… you don't have too we'll do it". I nodded my head and got up to hug Bessie, what the hell kind of world were we living in? We walked out into the hallway and held each other. "This guy is insane and you know whatever happens he dies tonight, promise me Cat" Bessie said to me. All I did was nod my head I needed to get my emotions under control, when I finally found my voice all that came out was barely above a whisper" I promise". I wiped my eyes trying to put my game face on; I don't think I was doing a very good job. Bessie was no different, she looked a bit green and I pulled her into another hug. "Hey she's ready" Dom said. "Put the parts in the elevator give us about two minutes to get into position and then send down the elevator"." So which plan is this?" Doc asked smirking. I guess plan get out of here alive' I said smiling back.
Bessie and I were back into position waiting for the elevator to ding. We heard that fateful sound and looked around the corner sure enough the cannibals were eating the body parts. We made our way to the super's dorm, my stomach was in knots and I wanted to hurl at the smell. Bessie was a few feet behind me but she was grabbing at my pants, I'm pretty sure she was as freaked out as I was. We heard clicking and couldn't help but stop, my body was shaking with fear as I turned to look at where the sound was coming from. Thankfully all of the cannibals were still enjoying their meal; I let out a breath and continued to walk forward. We reached the Super's dorm , our weapons drawn, ready at the door, Bessie nodded at me, I reached to open the door, my heart pounding in my chest. Once the door was open the sight was an utter disappointment, there was no one inside the room. I felt my heart drop as Bessie and I walked into the room. On the TV we found a note with a happy face on it:
You have guts I'll give you that. I can tell your fighters and I want to play a game. A nice friendly game of hide and seek. You only get one hint, I'm in the Building. Come find me…
Love,
R.
Fuck! He wants us to find him and his only hint is he's in the building" I told Bessie. "I think I know where's he's at Cat". I gave Bessie a nod.
"I think he's in one of our dorm rooms."
"Yea but which one? Our Dorms are almost close to together".
"We'll check both" Bessie said. I nodded and we headed back out. The Cannibals were probably already done with their meal. The cannibals were still eating, while we tried to quietly sneak pass them, but that was asking too much. One cannibal turned around let out a cry and that was it, all eyes were on us. We ran toward the stairs firing off rounds behind us. Reaching the door I threw it open. The closest cannibals came in with us. Bessie put a bullet in their heads while I fought with the others trying to close the door. Bessie emptied a clip, we finally closed the door, but we weren't sure how long it would hold with all the cannibals banging on the door. We ran up the stairs when we heard the door open and cannibals come in, more cries. We made it up the third floor; I raised my hand gun to the empty hallway while Bessie secured the door as best she could. We made our way down the hallway into Bessie's room first, but found nothing. My room was next, and my stomach was once again in knots. I tried to be quiet but Rambo heard me" Come on in". I sighed and walked through the door. "I've been expecting you, where's your friend?"
"That's a good question" I said looking behind me not seeing Bessie.
"Well close the door, were you raised in a barn?"
"How did you know?"
"Are you sassing me?"
"It depends on what you consider sass". I'm pretty sure I was either amusing him or pissing him off, I wasn't too sure which one. He got up and walked over to me and slapped me across the face. "My mother slaps harder than you" I said with a smirk. "I know what you're doing and it's not going to work, where is your friend?"
"Well I'm not sure? She could have been eaten by cannibals?" Another slap, but I still had to smile.
"I don't like hurting you but, if you must continue to taunt me then I will teach you a lesson" he sneered. He held a gun up to my head and told me take off all my weapons, this was the real chance I got to see Morgan, she was tied up sitting on my old roommate's bed. She didn't look like she had been hurt but she had been defiantly crying. "Now my pet, bend over, put your hands on the bed and try to relax". I wasn't going to do that, Rambo noticed my resistance and punched me in the stomach, when I bent over he grabbed me and threw me into the bed, I was trying to kick him, but he had my arm then the other pretty soon I was handcuffed behind my back. Mother fucker this was going to suck and it did. He took a belt and whipped me on my ass, as I cried out in pain. I continue to cry out hoping that by some chance help was coming, but I knew what would be coming, fucking cannibals. I was on the bed now in a fetal position. "Now that were on the same page, where is your friend?"
"Go fuck yourself."
"You're going to be fun to break."
"Well I can't wait, you hit like a bitch you puss". That's all it took for him to get severely pissed again, before he could hit me again there was banging on the door. He growled "fuck! What's going on now fucking cannibals!" I looked at the door in time to see Rambo go down, a bullet in his leg. I laid there shocked, Morgan's muffled screams. Rambo returned fire, he didn't notice me get up until it was too late I kicked him as hard as I could in the head. He was out cold but not before he had a chance to shoot me. The pain was terrible. I screamed into the mattress, fighting with the handcuffs. Doc, Dom, and Bessie walked in. So that's where she went. Doc un-cuffed me while Dom secured the door, and Bessie untied Morgan. "Lay back down, you're going to be okay, I need to check out your wound" Doc said.
"I'm sorry cat" Bessie wailed.
"Its fine, I think, this fucking shit hurts!" I said.
"This is going to sting, but I need to clean the wound." Doc said.
"Just do it" I said. Doc applied the alcohol and I screamed out moving away from him. He waited until I calmed down then looked at my wound. "You're such a girl it's just a scratch, come one see" Doc said. I looked down feeling like an idiot but I could see the hole in my side. "Your funny just hurry up" I told Doc. He smiled at me and went to work at my wound. "Bessie for the love of god talk to me, keep my mind off of this "I whined.
"Well I found Doc and Dom; they grabbed me before I could follow you in".
"So wait why didn't you guys grab me? I wouldn't have been shot".
"Well we needed someone to distract him and since you were ahead we thought that it would work" Doc said.
"Okay thanks for clueing me in, I feel so much better now" I said rolling my eyes.
"Yea the guys didn't trust me not to bust in here, so they told me to pack my room."
"No shit? Well how many bags do you have?"
"Like four? I can't believe my stuff fit in there".
"Wow maybe you should pack up my stuff Bes".
"It gives me something to do. Morgan will you help me". Morgan was completely quiet I think she was in shock and wasn't ready to talk yet. They started packing my stuff, while Doc patched me up. We were ready to leave and heard banging coming from the stairwell, I completely forgot about the cannibals. "Shit they are going to be coming thru that door in a bit, how are we getting back down?'
"Drop your bags out the window and you can take the elevator".
"Are you okay with this Morgan?" I asked her but all she did was nod her head, I put my weapons back on and handed her a pistol. "Can you make it down there without being noticed?" Doc asked us.
"I thought you were coming with us?" I asked him.
"We promised revenge on this guy for our brother's sake" he said.
"Shit well do you have the keys to the truck?" I asked him.
Yes it's in my pocket" Dom said.
"Well we can take my truck it's in the parking lot and you guys get the pleasure of bringing our stuff back" I told Doc.
They nodded "We'll provide cover fire for you and be safe".
We left the guys to their affairs and headed for the elevator. On the first floor there was hardly any cannibals, we were able to kill the few with our knives and headed out to the parking lot. I saw my beautiful truck and we headed toward it. I beeped it open; I knew bringing my keys was a good idea. I heard screams of pain coming from my room but tried my best to ignore it. We drove toward Morgan house and parked my truck inside the garage. The guys were happy to see us but Morgan was still distraught and she headed to her bedroom. "Where are the guys?" Vector asked. Bessie answered him "They are getting their revenge". We followed Morgan into her room. She laid down on the bed. I joined her; I didn't bother to take off my shoes. I hugged Morgan, as she started to cry. Bessie was securing the room; she finally joined us on the bed, on the other side of Morgan and hugged her as well. I heard the guys come in, but we had thinking to do; Morgan had finally fell asleep. There was soft knocking on the door but neither of us got up. I heard Doc's voice" Cat we need to talk…"
